scrimmage

n.

1. Football. The contest between two teams from the time the ball is snapped until it is declared dead.
2. Sports. A practice session or informal game, as between two units of the same team.
3. 1. A rough-and-tumble struggle; a tussle.
   2. A skirmish.

intr.v. Sports, -maged, -mag·ing, -mag·es.
To engage in a scrimmage.

[Middle English, alteration of skirmisshe, scrimish. See skirmish.]

(SKRIM-ayg)

noun
1. A rough struggle.
2. A practice game, often between two parts of the same team.
3. A tussle for the ball in games such as football, rugby, soccer, etc.
verb tr, intr.
To engage in a scrimmage.

Etymology
Middle English metathetic variant of skirmish.

Usage
"I depict her, ah, how charming! I portray myself alarming Her by swearing I would `mount the deadly breach,' Or engage in any scrimmage For a glimpse of her sweet image, Or her shadow, or her footprint on the beach." — Charles Stuart Calverley, On the Beach, Anthology of Light Verse, 1935.

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IN BRIEF: A struggle; a practice session.

The soccer scrimmage gave the players confidence for the later game.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - håndgemæng, klynge, målkamp
v. intr. - deltage i en "scrimmage"

Nederlands (Dutch)
vechtpartij, scrimmage, spelerskluwen, incident

Français (French)
n. - (US) mêlée (football), bousculade
v. intr. - provoquer une mêlée

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gerangel
v. - rangeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συμπλοκή, αναμπουμπούλα
v. - συνωστίζομαι, συνωθούμαι

Italiano (Italian)
zuffa, litigare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - escaramuça (f), rolo (m)

Русский (Russian)
потасовка, шумная ссора, рукопашная схватка, разминка с мячом, принимать участие в свалке, скандалить, сгрудиться вокруг мяча

Español (Spanish)
n. - escaramuza, entrenamiento, meleé abierta
v. intr. - escaramuzar, pelear

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tumult, slagsmål, närkamp om bollen
v. - slåss

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
缠打, 争夺, 乱斗, 争球, 参加混战

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 纏打, 爭奪, 亂鬥, 爭球
v. intr. - 參加混戰

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 격투, 연습 시합, (럭비) 스크럼
v. intr. - 맞붙어 싸우다, 스크럼을 짜다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 乱闘, スクリメージ, 練習試合, スクラム, もみ合い
v. - 乱闘する, スクリメージする, 練習試合をする, スクラムを組む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مناوشه, معركه صغيرة (فعل) يناوش, يشاجر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תגרה, מריבה, מצב-פתיחה במשחק כדורגל אמריקאי‬
v. intr. - ‮התקוטט, רב‬

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